Breaking shit in the office
There are countless guides to breaking into banking but none on breaking things once you get there.
This morning, for reasons unbeknownst, my computer suddenly died mid-sentence in an important call, despite being plugged in to my dock, and I instinctively took my headset off, beat it against the edge of my desk a few times and tossed it aside - it felt great.
Our interns were a taken aback a little but other colleagues said this happened regularly at their previous banks. As we all work in a super high-stress environment in which tempers and egos quickly collide, voices are raised etc., I'm curious to find out how commonplace it is in this industry for folks to smash their electronics in frustration.
How often do you see this happen? Just keyboards and mice or even monitors and laptops? Are lucite dealtoys chucked across the floor? What does IT or HR have to say about this? Thanks for sharing!
Thrown pens and pencils. Thrown phone at wall and had to get a new screen. Just in undergrad lol
Have broken many items. Best is the desk drawer / filing cabinet by your feet. Easy to kick the shit out of it. Always feels good after. Let it out don’t keep it bottled in.
I miss that drawer now : (
this is one of the main benefits of having a punching bag close by
.
LOL
Legend has it an MD once embedded a deal toy in his office wall when an Analyst updated LIBOR in the model without telling him beforehand.
Otherwise fairly common to hear Analysts screaming "FUCK" and smashing their fists into their desks all throughout the day.
busted out laughing at this for some reason. sb'd
I’ve never seen anyone break anything of value on purpose. We had a lot of stress / nerf balls in our office and you’d hear them being thrown hard 20-30 ft into a wall daily. A lot of loud f-bombs throughout the day
after my computer crashed, deleting hours upon hours of work, I grabbed the stapler on my desk and threw it as hard as possible at the cleaning lady. needless to say, I was fired on the spot and have been out of work since
Breaking backs in the office ;)
Smashing computer screens with staplers is pretty common. As is throwing staplers at people. Baseball bat deal toys are also fairly common and can do some damage (also good to deflect incoming staplers)
No they're all nerds and passive aggressive.
Delete
Iusto praesentium soluta voluptas accusamus ipsam repellendus. Nesciunt sapiente sit eius. Ut vel maiores veritatis non. Expedita sed soluta ut voluptates est.
Omnis dolores accusamus saepe sed eveniet itaque. Iure qui officia repudiandae aut nihil nemo. Corrupti aut qui nisi iusto esse amet enim. At non ullam fugit tempore labore dolorum omnis. Eveniet asperiores illum adipisci delectus. Error accusamus cumque non laudantium.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...